Friday, October 2 1st Period

Essential Question

What is your relationship with reading?

Standards

Students will react to text and exhibit critical thinking through journal responses. Students will also identify the type of thinking used in responses, encouraging metacognition and a broader range of responses.

RL.10.1, RL.10.10

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Bellwork

Do the Daily Edit!

Course Reading Requirements (I Made a Switch...)

Quarter 1-Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles, final essay)

Quarter 2- Free Choice (Journal with 15-20 solid entries)



Quarter 3- Book Clubs or Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles or book club meetings, final essay/project)



Quarter 4- Book Clubs or Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles or book club meetings, final essay/project)

Today's Anchor Text

Finish reading Sherman Alexie's essay, "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me."

Discussion and Modeling

What is a journal?

What are the Levels of Thinking?

Look at samples.



Teacher Model (from Alexie's text)

Practice

With a partner, do a journal entry together from the essay. Make sure to identify the LOT.

Join another set of partners to create a small group.

Choose one of your journal entries to share with the class.

Sharing and Discussion

Share journal entries with the class. Discuss LOTs, formatting, and depth.

Independent Practice/Homework

Do a journal entry of your own. Make sure to correctly identify the LOT.